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New Delhi: Telecom companies BSNL, MTNL and Videocon are considering reducing call rates after telecom regulator TRAI cut down interconnection charges.
"Removal of fixed termination charges will help BSNL serve its customer better. We will come up with better offers in next financial year. Customers will have more affordable services," BSNL...

Mumbai: Pitching for disinvestment in public sector behemoths like LIC, Air India and BSNL, top industry leader Deepak Parekh has said it can unlock huge funds worth "lakhs of crores of rupees" and shares should be given to retail investors without depending on the overseas entities.
However, one of the major...

Varanasi: The ancient ghats of Varanasi along the river Ganga - Sheetla and Dashvashmegh - were linked to WiFi Internet connectivity on Sunday.
The first-of-its-kind initiative was inaugurated by the Union Telecom Minister Ravi Shanker Prasad, officials said while adding that the WiFi facility would be available to the people at...

Dayanidhi Maran alleged that he was being framed in the case to please an Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh ideologue. "We have co-operated absolutely with the CBI. Am willing to prove my innocence in the case in the court," he said.
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Chennai: Following the arrest of his aides by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the illegal telephone exchange case, former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran on Thursday met DMK chief M Karunanidhi.
Maran alleged that he was being framed in the case to please an Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh ideologue. "I...

New Delhi: CBI arrested three people, including V Gowthaman, the then additional private secretary of Dayanidhi Maran, in connection with alleged allotment of more than 300 high-speed telephone lines to the then telecom minister's residence in Chennai which were extended to his brother's TV channel on Wednesday night.
Besides Gowthaman,...

New Delhi: State-run telecom operator BSNL launched mobile security value added service that will allow its customers to track location of their lost mobile phones, remotely lock the device and erase data, among others.
BSNL is offering the solution, mSecure, in association with Beyond Evolution.
"Through Msecure solution user can remotely manage...

Howrah: BSNL employees called an indefinite country-wide strike from February 3 next year to press its demand for proactive steps by the government to revitalise the limping telecom giant.
"Since 2007 roadblocks created by the government have dragged BSNL to losses and are giving way to private sector (telecom companies) to...

New Delhi: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Wednesday recommended around 10 per cent hike in the reserve price for 1800 MHz band spectrum auction compared to the last winning price in the February 2014 sale.
"In the 900 MHz band, only the spectrum held by them is available...

New Delhi: Domestic handset maker Micromax said it has partnered staterun telecom firm BSNL to offer free Internet access on select devices in a bid to drive data usage in the country.
Under the partnership, BSNL will bundle free data usage of up to 2GB per quarter for 12 months on...

Phone connectivity has been restored in most parts of Jammu and Kashmir. But problems persist in Srinagar. "The main town of Srinagar is still having problems because main switching machines are under water. Otherwise the situation is normal in the whole valley," said BSNL CMD AN Rai.
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New Delhi: Government officials will meet on Tuesday to discuss proposals to shut down some lossmaking stateowned companies, risking a conflict with powerful trade unions.
After two decades of halting privatisations, the Central government still owns about 260 firms and thousands more at the state level, involved in activities ranging from...

CNNIBN's Mufti Islah also spoke to some BSNL employees who were trapped at Lal Chowk for nine days. "We switched off everything and tried reaching home when we heard the news of flood. However, the water had already reached till our chest by then," said one of the employees.
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Jammu: With flood water now receding, the government is trying to restore affected telecom services in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar earlier announced that people in Jammu & Kashmir can talk for free for a week on BSNL network, while other mobile...

After rescuing almost 1.3 lakh people, the government is now focusing on restoring communication lines and restoring connectivity in the flood ravaged state of Jammu and Kashmir. The JammuSrinagar highway is still closed and will take another four days to reopen.
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New Delhi: Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said that people in floodhit Kashmir will get free telecom services for a week on BSNL network, and mobile networks have been substantially or partially restored in the valley, except Poonch.
Of the total...

Srinagar: After having been cut off for more than a week, Jammu and Kashmir is heading back to the communication grid. Telecom servies in the flood hit Kashmir Valley are being normalised with BSNL restoring around 80 per cent of the affected network. Other private mobile service providers inlcuding Airtel,...

The big problem that is hampering rescue activities in the Valley is that telecom links have become dysfunctional. The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) is trying its best to restore the links quickly,
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New Delhi: Telecom services in the floodhit Kashmir valley are slowly being restored with operators resuming network connectivity in various parts of the region. Around 58 base transceiver stations (BTS) or mobile towers of BSNL and Aircel are functioning now along with 10 landline exchanges of the staterun operator.
Vodafone has...

Jammu and Kashmir is facing its worst floods in six decades that have left nearly 200 people dead. Communication lines are down in many areas. BSNL is hoping to restore all lines by Tuesday night. BSNL said, "All telephone lines will be restored by tonight. We are transferring small...

New Delhi: The muchawaited merger of telecom PSUs, BSNL and MTNL, is likely to take place by July next year as the two companies look at synergising operations by offering services as a single entity.
At present, BSNL offers services in the whole country, except Delhi and Mumbai. MTNL provides telecom...

New Delhi: Mobile networks, under the Universal Service Obligation Fund scheme, in naxalaffected areas are likely to be set up in 15 months, the government said on Monday.
Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed the Lok Sabha that the government was concerned about the coverage and quality of...

The Centre wants Bihar to have manufacturing hubs for electronic goods in the state to improve employment and revenue opportunities, said Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday.
"We are ready to provide all help for establishing electronic manufacturing hubs as they will increase employment and...

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has directed the government owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to expedite the installation work of 181 mobile towers in the insurgencyhit regions of the state.
"The direction in this regard was given during a meeting of unified command (for antiMaoist operations) held here in the...

New Delhi: The Telecom Commission is likely to clear a proposal for setting up mobile network in Maoisthit areas and ensure seamless mobile connectivity in the northeast as part of NDA government's resolve to fight Leftwing extremism and development of NE region.
During a recent meeting chaired by Home Minister Rajnath...

New Delhi: Staterun BSNL launched two unlimited data plans for its postpaid users of North zone, targeted towards the youth and students.
The unlimited plans will be offered across the country subsequently, the company said in a statement.
Currently the packs will be available in Haryana, Punjab, UP(West), UP(East), Uttrakhand, Himachal Pradesh,...

Chennai: Kalaignar TV's managing director Sharad Kumar and a former COO of Sun TV Network on Saturday appeared before CBI here in connection with the illegal telephone exchange case. Kumar and former Sun TV Chief Operating Officer Hansraj Saxena appeared before the AntiCorruption Bureau of the CBI for enquiry, CBI...

Bangalore: Staterun Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) unveiled a lowcost version of its smartphone, with egovernance applications for common man.
Branded as "Bharat phone", the mobile device has a threeinch large screen display with provision for dual SIM card and has been priced at Rs 1,099 to make it affordable to...

New Delhi: Staterun BSNL today launched a service wherein its mobile customers will be able to access Facebook without any Internet or data connectivity.
BSNL users will be charged Rs 4, Rs 10 and Rs 20 for 3 days, weekly and monthly plans, respectively, the company said in a statement.
The public...